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Higher Learning - one of the first Spotify video podcasts

Spotify launches video podcasts

21/07/2020

Spotify launches video podcasts which are available for Free and Premium subscriptions everywhere podcasts are available. The streamer has unveiled the first version of its new video podcast feature with select podcasts. Listeners can tune into podcasts like Book of Basketball 2.0, Fantasy Footballers, The Misfits Podcast, H3 Podcast, The Morning Toast, Higher Learning with Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay, and The Rooster Teeth Podcast for a visual and audio feast. To start watching, just press play on your desktop or mobile app. The […]

24% of Americans value keeping up-to-date with music

19/07/2020

24% of Americans value keeping up-to-date with music with 12-34 year olds preferring to use YouTube but radio is still the favourite of 55+ listeners according to a recent survey by Edison Research. New-music Seekers is an Infinite Dial report based on a representative sample of 3,159 12+ Americans who were interviewed between January and February, 2020 before the COVID-19 disruptions. Key findings from the New Music Seekers: An Infinite Dial Report This new research explores how this […]

Spotify launches in Russia

19/07/2020

Spotify launches in Russia together with 12 other European countries bringing the total number countries the streamer is in to 92. Listeners in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Ukraine can receive Spotify’s full experience of 50 million tracks, 4 billion playlists, and localised music personalization features. Expansion in Europe comes as consumers in the region embrace streaming. Russia in particular is one of the […]

US music streaming up 16.2% in the first six months of 2020

18/07/2020

US music streaming up 16.2% in first six months of 2020 with 419.8 Bn streams so far this year according to a report from Nielsen Music/MRC Data. At the beginning of the year audio streaming was growing through early March, up 20.4% over the same period in 2019. Total music consumption was up 14.6% in the first 10 weeks of the year. As working from home became a reality for many due to COVID-19, some […]

Apple News gets an update

18/07/2020

Apple News gets an update adding new audio features and expanding its local news offerings for readers. The premium offering, Apple News+, gets a new daily audio briefing, and curated local news collections. The new curated local news experience is only available in five areas of the US at the moment – the Bay Area, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco and features a variety of content from a diverse collection of local […]

US listeners start their audio day later during COVID-19

16/07/2020

US listeners start their audio day later during the COVID-19 pandemic swapping Drivetime for Hometime listening. These findings are from Share of Ear Q2 reports from Edison Research and represent the results of interviews conducted mid-May 2020. New data from the study, conducted during the period of COVID-19 disruptions, shows that people in the US age 13 and older began listening to audio a full 75 minutes later on average, as compared to before the disruptions. The Share of Ear study, which requires respondents to keep […]

Spotify rolls out Top Podcasts and Trending Podcast charts

16/07/2020

Spotify rolls out Top Podcasts and Trending Podcast charts which are available in 26 countries on Spotify mobile (iOS and Android). The charts will not only share the fastest-climbing of-the-moment trends for podcasts with users, but will also list the overall most popular shows in your region based on recent listener numbers. Certain markets, including Brazil, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, UK and the US will dig further into the podcast data and will separate out […]